[ILUG] Best processor for xen host ?

[paul at clubi.ie]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, Denis Hennessy wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm purchasing a new server to host a number of xen clients and I'm having 
> trouble deciding which processor option to pick.
>
> Here's the choices:
>
> Dual core or quad core?
> Dual processor or single?
> Intel or AMD?

Get one with VT/Pacifica support. Apparently the AMD quad-core ones 
support nested-pagetables, and so are faster (not sure if/when Intel 
will have the same feature).

Next: Seriously think about using anything other than Xen.. (e.g. 
try KVM, VirtualBox, etc..).

regards,
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